When someone you care about only wants money for a gift, it can feel a little boring and impersonal just handing over the cash or check. To work around this, use a little creativity in the way in which you present that money. By adding it to a chocolate box, you can give your recipient a very sweet surprise!

Steps

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Selecting the chocolate box (and getting rid of the chocolates)

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Purchase a box of chocolates. This is the fun part and it's totally up to you which chocolate box you'll use. The only requirement is that the chocolates inside the box come in either their own little cupcake-style holders or there is a blister pack with pre-formed chocolate shapes inside.

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Remove the outer wrapping from the box of chocolates. Lift off the lid with care; keep everything looking as pristine as possible.

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Remove the chocolates. This is the hardest step because you have to do something with those chocolates. Like eat them...

Keep all of the original paper/foil/plastic holders in place; only remove the chocolates.

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Arranging the money in the chocolate box

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Decide how much money you want to give. Anywhere from about $10 to any other higher amount should work well. If you haven't got the money in all sorts of small change, coins included, pop down to the bank and get it changed into small amounts.

The smaller the amount of money, the lower the denominations you'll need to split the notes and coins into to ensure there is enough to fill the holes inside the chocolate box; for example, $10 would need to be about 9 $1 notes and 4 quarters. Or, use a smaller chocolate box.

The currency you're using will also need to be taken into account; there is more coin and note variety in some currencies than in others.

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Look at the shapes left inside the chocolate box. You'll need to decide which ones require which sorts of folds for the notes and which ones can accommodate coins best. Place the coins in now; you can't do anything else with them.

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Fold or shape the notes. This is more fun; try to make shapes that make the notes look interesting, or even like chocolates. When choosing shapes, be sure to align the fold with the size of the hole in the chocolate box. Some examples include:

Fold into squares

Roll into tubes (you can tie with a small ribbon)

Use origami to form chocolate-style shapes

Fold into a 3-D triangle, and stand upright

Fold into a 3-D square and stand upright

Fold so as to highlight an interesting feature on the note; be sure to face it upwards

Roll into a spiral and stand upright.

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Place the creatively folded notes into their various spots in the chocolate box after folding. Make adjustments as needed to ensure everything looks as neat as possible.

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Place the protective sheet back over the top of the arranged money. If it doesn't have such a sheet, cut one from thin cardboard.

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Put the lid back on. Secure with a big ribbon and bow around the box.

Add a little tape to one spot on the long and short edges to ensure the lid won't fall off.

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Giving to the recipient

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Give the box of chocolates to your recipient. Have the camera ready; there are bound to be some classic responses.